Drier-car-handling apparatus.



PATBNTED JUNE 16, 1908. J. WYSZYNSKI. DRIER GAR HANDLING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 30', 1908.

JOSEPH WYSZYNSKI, OF BLUE ISLAND, ILLINOIS.

DRIER-CAR-I-IANDLING APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Fatent.

Application filed March 30, 1908.

Patented June 16, 1908.

Serial No. 424,165.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JosEPH WYszYNsKI, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of Blue Island, Cook county, State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Drier-Car-HandlingApparatus, of which the following is a specification.

The main object of this invention is to provide an improved apparatusfor handling cars in brick driers and similar kilns which is simple,efficient and inexpensive in its construction and which is capable ofeffecting a large saving of labor in the operation of such kilns. Thisobject is accomplished by the device shown in the accompanying drawing,in which Figure 1 is a fragmentary plan view of. a battery of brickdrying kilns provided with car handling apparatus constructed accordingto this invention, the side walls of the kilns being shown in sectionand the doors at the ends being omitted. Fig. 2 is a side elevation ofone of the winches which form part of the apparatus shown in Fig. 1.Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the same. Fig. 4 is a top plan detailshowing the method of connecting adjacent cars. Fig. 5 is a sideelevation of the same,. partly in section.

In the drawings, the brick drier is shown in one of the usual forms andcomprises a battery of kilns or flues designated 1 and 2 arrangedparallel to each other and side by side, adjacent kilns being separatedby a single wall. Each kiln has a track 3 extending through it from endto end and a considerable distance beyond each end. Transverse transfertracks 4 and 5 extend across the respective ends of the track 3. Thebricks are stacked upon cars 6 which are brought from the brick makingmachine to the tracks 3 by means of transfer trucks 7 on the track 4.Similar transfer trucks 8 receive the cars from the opposite ends of thetracks 3 and carry them along the transfer tracks 5. The trucks 7 and 8have tracks thereon which are level with the tracks 3, the tracks 5being below the grade of the tracks 3.

In each of the alternate walls 9 which separate adjacent kilns a sheave10 is journaled on a vertical axis at a point a considerable distanceinward from the front end of the kilns. Each of the sheaves 10 ispreferably of such diameter that the chain or cable 11 may extend aroundit and have its two ends extend along the kilns which are respectivelyat opposite sides of the sheave 10. Each end of the cable is providedwith fastening means preferably comprising a hook 12.

A portable winch 13 of the form shown in Figs. 2 and 3 is provided atthe front end of the kiln. This winch is provided with attaching hooks14 and 15 which are adapted to engage stationary eyes or staples 16suitably located in front of the alternate dividing walls 9 in which thesheaves 10 are located. The drum of this winchis provided with a stapleor eye 17 to which either of the hooks 12 of either of the cables 11 maybe attached. A winch 18 similar to the winch 13 is provided for the rearend of the kiln and is attached to similar eyes 16. The eyes for thewinches 18 are preferably located near the rear ends of the tracks 3,while those of the winch 13 are located near the front ends of the walls9. The winch 18 is provided with an additional staple or eye indicatedat 19 in Fig. 2, so that two cables 20 may be simultaneously wound uponthe same winch for withdrawing cars from both of the adjacent kilns atone operation.

Each of the cars 6 is provided with four posts 21 at the cornersthereof, and each of these posts is fitted with a clevis consisting of astrap 22 and bolt 23. A hook 24 is mounted on each of the bolts 23, andthe spacing between the ends of the straps is in each case sufficient topermit another hook to be engaged with the bolt 23 at the side of thehook which is attached thereto. Staples 25 are provided at the side neareach corner of the cars, to which the hooks 12 of the cables 11 and 20may be attached.

The operation of the device shown is as followst--When handling carswith the herein described apparatus, the workof pushing cars into thekilns and pulling others out is all accomplished by one man, who handlesthe cars by means of the winches 13 and 18, as will be hereinafterdescribed. The cars are delivered to the tracks 3 by a second operator,by whom they are taken from the brick making machines on the trucks 7and then pushed from said trucks upon the tracks 3. Another transferoperator removes the cars one at a time from the rear end of the tracks3, and delivers them along the tracks 5 to their next destination. Thecars are preferably handled in trains of three. The three cars of eachtrain are fastened together by means of the hooks 24, and ordinarily arewithdrawn as illustrated in Fig. 1.

the trains abut one another so that the row of cars extends throughoutthe entire length of each kiln. In withdrawing trains of cars at therear of the kiln, the operator attaches both of the cables 20 to hooks25 at the front ends of the cars in two adjacent kilns 1 and 2, and byoperating the winch the two trains which are at the rear of therespective kililis T e operator then transfers the winch 18 to a newposition and withdraws trains of cars from the corresponding pair ofkilns. After withdrawing all of the trains whose bricks have beencompletely dried, he passes to the front end of the kiln and pushes newtrains of loadedcars into the kilns from which cars have been withdrawn.To push a train of the cars into one of the kilns 2, the correspondinghook 12 of the cable 11 is fastened to the rear end of the rear car ofthe train, as illustrated in Fig. 1, and the hook at the opposite end ofthe same cable is attached to the winch. Then by rotating the winch thetrain of cars is pulled into the kiln, and when it is entirely withinthe kiln the operator may disconnect the cable from it without enteringthe kiln. By removing the opposite end of the cable 11 from the winch,attaching it to the rear car of a train in front of the correspondingkiln 1, and then attaching the opposite hook 12 to the winch, a trainmay be pulled into such kiln without moving the winch. In this mannerthe trains in each pair of kilns are. handled without changing theposition of the winches at the opposite ends thereof and withoutnecessitating the operators entering the kilns. The winch 13 is shiftedfrom one position to another, in a manner similar to that described inregard to the winch 18.

By means of this apparatus one man at the drier is able to accomplishthe work which has heretofore required three men.

.through said wall at a point a. considerable distance inward from oneend of the kiln and having its ends extending outward toward said end indifierent kilns, and a winch located at said end and adapted for haulingsaid cable for.moving cars on each of said tracks.

2. The combination of a pair of parallel kilns, tracks extendinglongitudinally therethrough, a cable extending into one end of 'one ofsaid kilns, then across to the other,

and back within said other kiln to the corresponding end thereof,suitable guiding means for said cable, a winch adapted for hauling saidcable in both directions, and cars in said kilns adapted to be attachedto said cable.

3. The combination of a pair of parallel kilns, a dividing wall betweenthem, tracks extending longitudinally through said kilns, a cableextending into one end of one kiln, through said wall and back along theother kiln to the same end, a sheave for guiding said cable through saidwall, attaching means at each end of said cable, a winch located at theend of said kilns and adapted to haul each end of said cable, cars onsaid tracks, and means at the both ends of said cars adapted to engagesaid cable attaching means and permit the cars to be moved in each kilnand to be attached or detached from the cable without requiring anoperator to enter the kiln.

Signed at Chicago this 27th day of March,

